I was listening to the weather report on NewsTalk ZB at lunchtime. They were talking with their regular forecaster who is in California at the moment. After giving the forecast and a bit of US weather, the host asked the guy what was the big headline in the US at the moment and he cited the item noted here. When he had finished he said in reference to VP Pence, “What a dork”. I thought it the most crass comment I have heard in a long time. Who the hell is he? He’s not even a US citizen. What a dork!

I wonder how most New Zealanders would feel if half the All Blacks ‘took a knee’ during the National anthem before a test to protest how Maori were treated 100 years ago claiming there was still racism in NZ?

Just compare NFL with MLB, the latter honours the flag and remembers service men and women whereas the former are little short of treason. Besides, baseball is a civilised game requiring some intelligence on part of both the players and spectators. It’s almost cricket!

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